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Play’s the Thing, The (Radio)

Producer

John Powell (2)

Subject

Drama

Second in a 3-part series examining Shakespeare in performance. Devised and produced by John Powell, the programmes are compiled with recordings from the Sound Archives featuring voices and opinions of...

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Sir Thomas More: A Tribute to the Memory of a Brave Man (Radio)

Producer

Laurence Gilliam

Subject

Drama

Distribution

No recording extant

Radio adaptation written by D. G. Brodson and produced by Laurence Gilliam. The play comprises three sequences ('The Trial’, ‘The Dream’, ‘The End’) and an epilogue. The cast includes Lewis Casson...

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From the London Theatre: Scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (Radio)

Producer

Sydney W. Carroll

Subject

Drama

Distribution

No copy extant

Radio programme featuring extracts from plays in current production at London’s theatres. In this episode, scenes from Sydney Carroll’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy for the Open Air Theatre,...

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Henry the Eighth (Radio)

aka: Henry VIII

Producer

Peter Watts; Audrey Cameron

Subject

Drama

Radio version of Shakespeare’s play adapted for radio by Clemence Dane (pseudonym for English novelist Winifred Ashton) and produced by Peter Watts and Audrey Cameron. The all-star cast includes Sybil...

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All’s Well That Ends Well (Radio)

Director

Barbara Burnham

Subject

Drama

Distribution

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Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy arranged and directed by Barbara Burnham. With Gladys Young as Countess Roussillon and Barbara Jefford as Helena. Music selected by Cynthia Pughe.

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William Poel and the Platform Stage (Radio)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

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Radio broadcast. Lewis Casson traces the influence of William Poel’s Shakespearean productions on the modern method of presenting Shakespeare and poetic drama in general.

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